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This only mentions one attack but we have reports from OS and in the
insight that there were two attacks

On 9/30/10 8:47 AM, Nate Hughes wrote:

Attack helicopters supporting International Security Assistance Force
(ISAF) troops on the Afghan side of the Afghan-Pakistani border
reportedly fired upon a Pakistani Frontier Corps position Sept. 30,
killing 3 Frontier Corps troops and wounding three others. The incident
took place at 9:30am local time in Kurram agency of Pakistan's Federally
Administered Tribal Areas according to Pakistani media reports and the
Pakistani government quickly came out strongly condemning the incident.

There is no shortage of potential scenarios for what actually happened
on the ground. ISAF troops are regularly engaged from the Pakistani side
of the border, and cross-border exchanges of fire and fighting effective
on the border are common. ISAF may have even been fired upon from the
Frontier Corps position. Or it may have been an error on ISAF's part
where the Frontier Corps position was accidentally or inappropriately
engaged.

But the facts of the matter in this case are really beside the point.
According to a well placed STRATFOR source in Pakistan, the Pakistani
Army General Headquarters considers this the fourth incident in less
than a week - and the most offensive because Pakistani troops were
directly targeted. Just two days ago on Sept. 28, the Pakistanis warned
that it will stop protecting ISAF supply lines to Afghanistan if foreign
aircraft continue to engage targets across the border. Islamabad has
already drawn the line in the sand and it has been crossed. Following
through on that threat, the border crossing over the Khyber Pass at
Torkham was quickly closed in response to this incident.

It is not yet clear how long the border will remain closed in protest.
Short disruptions are completely manageable logistically in Afghanistan
and have been accommodated in the past. But the regime in Islamabad has
been feeling increased pressure as American unmanned aerial vehicle
strikes on militant positions in Pakistan's tribal areas have increased
and widespread domestic dissatisfaction with the government's response
to the humanitarian disaster caused by flooding earlier this year has
only further strained the government.

Domestically, there is little room for Islamabad to compromise or back
down on this. Moving forward, the key issue is not the facts of this
particular incident, but the Pakistani government's response and the
demands they make of the United States operationally.